Science: Too Specific

Antonio Longoria is a scientific amphibian. A short, myopic Spaniard of
49 who lives in Lakewood, Ohio, Mr. Longoria is at home both in the
real world of technological utility and the dream world of Wellsian
fantasy. He has devised some ingenious welding techniques, feathered
his nest comfortably from his welding patents. He is also a persistent
and well-publicized ballyhooer of the "death ray" machine he claims to
have invented (TIME, Aug. 10, 1936). Says he, this machine can kill
cats and dogs, bring down pigeons on the wing, at ranges up to four...